Nursing-bottle stopper.



NURSING BOTTLESTOPPEB. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 191a.

Patented 1m 18,1917;

[NVENTOR Z15, Pzcfiar a "10mins FRANK S. RICHARDS, F WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA NURSING-BOTTLE STOPPER.

Application filed August 1, 1916.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident. of Warren, in the county of Warren and State of llennsylvania, ha re invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nursing- Bottle $toppers, of which the following is a specification. V

My inventioi'i relates to the feeding cl? infants, and the rnaipobject thereof is to provide a strictly s-zanitary nursing bottle from the bottom of which the milk i drawn in fUl-ltlllll: therefrom, thereby tnoidilig the necessity for tipping the bottle as with the conventional bottles now in use.

A further object is to provide a. stopper, nii'iplo, and suction. tube in readily se 'iarable parts .lfor individual cleansing, and a still further object is to provide said tube in two sections one of which is made of inexpensive. material and intended to be thrown away after each use of the bottle.

My invention fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts breach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a. nursing bottle, partly broken away,- and showing my attachment thereto in section;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line of Fig. l; and F 2-3 is a detached view of one of the members of a suction tube which I employ. 1

Referringto the drawings, l represents a nursing bottle of any desired type, 5 a, rubstopper therefor, (3 a detachable flexible nipple thereon, 7 a iL'nnneI-sImped tube frictionally held in the stopper, and 8 a tube in frictional engagement with the lower end of the tube 7 and preferably extending to a oint closely adjacent the bottom of the ottle. p

The funnel-shaped tube 7 is formed of non-corrosive material, such as lass, aluminum, etc, and is'readily removable from the stopper for cleansing, whereas the tube 8 is preferably made of waxed paper or other inexpensive material whereby a new one may be used at each bottle filling, the upper end of the-tube 8 being shown as telescoped over the lower end of the tube 7, although Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Serial No. 112,506.

this might be reversed, and it will be noted that, in the torn] oll construction shown, the bottom ol. the. stopper is recessed to receive the tube 8 and aid in holding the same in place.

When it is necessary to refill the bottle the stopper is withdrawn, the nipple removed therefrom, the tube 7 detached from the stopper, and the tube 8 thrown away, the stopper, nipple, and lnnnebshaped tube 7 being then scalded, the stopper again receiving the tube. 7 and nipple and a new tube h lit-nip; slipped into engagement with the tube 7, the said parts being assembled on and rumored from the bottle as a unit Th till): 7 is made lunnebshaped in order to insure its relative position with respect to the stopper upon being replaced after remoral. and lhe tube 8 extends to a point closely adjacent the bottom of the bottle so that the infant. may feed from the bottle without the need of anurse tipping the bottle so as to sup ly milk to the nipple.

lily invention thoroughly sanitary and, while I prefer to employ a destructible tube 8, i do not limit myself to such use, as a permanent though removable tube 8 could. be employed, though causing trouble in cleansing.

llaving fully described my invention, what I claim n'ew, and desire to secure by Lett rs Patent, ism-- As a new article of manufacture, a nursing bottle stopper, comprising a. homo gent-oils rubber stopper provided with a longitudinal opening having flaring outer end, the inner end of the opening being slightly enlarged, a. tube having a' funnel shaped outer end and removably fitting in the o )enin of the sto :er a a or tube entending'into the enlarged inner end of the opening of the stopper and into which the inner end of the funnel shaped tube extends, said paper tube being of a length to extend within ashort distance of the bottom of the bottle with which the stopper is used, and a nip ple removably secured to the stopper.

FRANK s. RICHARDS. Witnesses:

A. W. RICHARDS, T. H. RUDOLPH. 

